7/14/26 There are always things to be thankful for!

We got about .20  of rain last night. More showers this morning.   The severe storm warnings have been lifted. Cloudy today, a stiff SW breeze, high 88.  partly cloudy tonight, low 68.  Sunshine tomorrow, a WNW wind, high 83, low 61.  PM showers Thursday, a light WNW wind, high 77 low 54.  Partly cloudy Friday and Saturday, WNW breeze, highs 77 and 81, lows 58.  Showers Sunday, a north breeze, high 81, low 58.   The rest of the ten day forecast is about the same as yesterday.  Some forecasts are still calling for severe storms this evening.

Early this morning the forecast said no rain today.  Now it looks like they shouldn't have taken the tarp off that last  wagon load of hay they didn't get in before last night's storm.

    Bekah and I got the tarp back on.  Mostly Bekah, all I could do was try to lift some so she wasn't pulling the whole tarp.  Jay and Azalea have gone fishing with Jay's Dad.  When they left early yesterday morning no one knew it was going to dry out enough to make square bales.

    Last night was chaotic for a bit.  They knew the storm was coming, they were able to get the load they were working on mowed away.  Large drops started falling as they finished.  They grabbed a tarp and rushed to get it over the last load.  Others rushed to roll up truck windows.  Wilson was running around barking at them.  Suddenly a skunk sprayed.  Wilson was trying to tell them they disturbed a skunk when they got the tarp.  There were people everywhere, the skunk didn't know which way to go so it cleared a path.  For a while they thought the skunk sprayed Wilson.  But Wilson was smarter than that, everyone else was just lucky..  The wagon got covered and it rained so hard that there is very little smell this morning.

   Pastor Cindy got home to New Hampshire just before dark.  The family was thankful she was able to come up to be with us Saturday.  On Friday she did a service for a long time friend and neighbor.  Then she got up early Saturday morning to be here before eleven.  A long few days for her, back to back services for two people she was very close to with a long drive inbetween.  Almost to the day twenty two years ago she was with our family.  Grandson Mitch died the first night she was in Corinth as a new pastor.  One in the morning but she came when she got the call.  Gilbert was one of the first ones she talked to.  A few years ago she married Tiffany, Gilbert's daughter, and Evan.

    Jay sent a video of Azalea trying to reel in a big fish, it broke the line just as she was reaching to grab it.  Now she has the fishing bug, she wants to stay and fish more this morning.

     It's raining lightly, it is supposed to start raining hard in a few minutes.  Some forecasters are still predicting a chance of severe storms tonight.  There are some volunteer sunflower plants under the feeders.  Today I want to move them to the sunflower patch by the horse barn.

     May your day be blessed, Sally